Someone ever suggested he tried to use heart beat instead of breathing as the object of meditation, but that will be too coarse an object to be used successfully. I think that using the heart beat does not work like the breath works because the breath has two systems by which it can be regulated on...

Why the desire for Nibbana is not considered Vibhava Tanha? According to nyanatiloka's dictionary: Vibhava-tanhā: 'craving for non-existence', or for self-annihilation; I think that there are many different reasons why one might crave for nibbana but I think that some of them are in fact exhibiting...

This thread seems to be alot about just a discussion of whether to kill them or not. There are two camps on this (maybe more)....on camp says don't its really bad and one says do its really not so bad.....I have never seen any discussion of this kind of thing (there have been many...mice...mosquitos...

You would also be actively spreading lice throughout your community, a deeply uncompassionate act, as lice are known to carry a good number of regularly deadly pathogens. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2738510/ I'm not offering an opinion about how to deal with lice but I do want to p...

I think that fear is a result of the perception of imminent personal harm. If you fear that someone will harm you then it is somewhat likely that you will develop hatred towards them....a teacher....a dentist....a head of state.....an army.... I don't really see that fear and hatred are necessarily ...

Taoism emerged as a watered down version of a great body of knowledge so that it was dilute enough for the average person to consume. The teachings of lao tsu as given in the tao te ching are not a reaction to anything.....who can wait for the mud to settle....
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I think praying to someone solidifies the sense of self. I had a good mindfulness meditation this morning I guess I just had doubt about the practice as it pertains to myself. Thanks for the feedback. I will study mindfulness more as I seem to practice more than I read which is imbalanced. In the a...

I went to access to insight and searched for "Does the Tathagata exist after death". Check out: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn44/sn44.006.than.html https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/sn/sn44/sn44.008.than.html There are more. chownah The question I have is whether we can apply...

chownah so you are saying there was no intention to drive a car (under the influence)? or does drunkedness negate intention? I think what I am saying is very clearly exactly what I posted....I doubt that people (outside of some pathological personalities....like perhaps as depicted in the movie Blu...

I drank alot many years ago and never never never did I think "I think I'll go get drunk and then drive drunkenly"......it never happened.......I can't even imagine that any of my drinking friends ever had that thought.
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What do you think about it? Many peoples say that practice is strictly gradual... Or some things are gradual and other not ? :thinking: It is called the 'eightfold noble path'.....it is not called the 'eighfold noble dash'....it is not called the 'eightfold noble high hurdles'.....I wonder why? cho...